Squabbles Persist Over Kennedy Reporting
Date: 02 August 1999
Network correspondents for CBS News and ABC News continue to squabble over who was first to break news of radar track that indicated John F Kennedy Jr's plane did nose dive into sea (M)
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Cutting Through the On-Line Clutter
Date: 02 August 1999
By Andy Wang
Andy Wang
Summaries of information on Internet news sites are gaining in popularity as number of Web sites grows; such digests sift on-line content of established media organizations as well as alternative outlets; most popular digests play important promotional role for World Wide Web sites they send readers to; photo (M)
Atlanta Mayor Acts to Help Fill Coverage Gaps
Date: 02 August 1999
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
Journalists covering rampage of deranged gunman in Altanta, Ga, give high praise to Mayor Bill Campbell for regularly briefing reporters as crisis unfolded and for preventing rumors from overtaking coverage; photo (M)
Fewer Computer Users Give Microsoft a Positive Rating
Date: 02 August 1999
By Steve Lohr
Steve Lohr
Microsoft continues to get high approval rating from public, but numbers appear to be slipping; latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds 60 percent of people who use computer at work or at home say they have favorable opinion of Microsoft, down from 67 percent year ago and 73 percent two years ago in Gallup poll; Microsoft says that its own market research has found no erosion in its public image and that its favorable ratings have long held steady at 75 percent; Times/CBS poll did find people less convinced than year ago that Government is doing right thing with its major antitrust suit against Microsoft; still, marketing experts say Microsoft should watch for any hint of declining support; charts; graph (M)
Ideas & Trends; 'Rages' Maybe Aren't What They're Cracked Up to Be
Date: 01 August 1999
By Pam Belluck
Pam Belluck
Researchers are skeptical about reported increases in what have been dubbed acts of 'workplace rage,' 'road rage,' 'air rage' and other rages; say statistics do not show any increase in incidents; say perception is that they are on increase because they get wide publicity in part because of television news, which thrives on showing chilling footage of each new act of public rage, and because politicians and others use them to advance their own agendas; photos (M)
The Best From 1 to 100, And Subject to Debate
Date: 01 August 1999
By Mike Freeman
Mike Freeman
New book, Sporting News Selects Football's 100 Gre8
A Vote for Day-Trading Screens
Date: 01 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
National Assn of Securities Dealers board approves rule to require day-trading firms to screen customers to determine their suitability to lightning-fast trading style (S)
Anglo to Buy Stake In Anaconda Nickel
Date: 02 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Anglo American PLC, world's biggest mining company, says it will buy almost quarter of Anaconda Nickel Ltd of Australia, whose new projects have capacity to make it world's biggest nickel producer; says it will pay $158.9 million (US) in cash for 23 percent interest in Anaconda (M)
Regents Park Hotel to Be Sold for $113 Million
Date: 02 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Jarvis Hotels will buy Regents Park Hotel in London from Hilton Group PLC for $113.5 million in cash; hotel will become flagship for Jarvis, which now has hotels with 7,000 rooms across Britain, tenth of which are in London (M)
Chicago Title To Be Acquired For $1.2 Billion
Date: 02 August 1999
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Fidelity National Financial Inc will acquire Chicago Title Corp for $1.2 billion, creating nation's largest insurer of property titles (S)